Charitha Buddhika
Personal information
Full name
Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando
Born22 August 1980 (1980-08-22) (age 43)
Panadura, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 88)13 November 2001 v West Indies
Last Test28 July 2002 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 108)26 October 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI7 April 2003 v Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 9 17
Runs scored 132 29
Batting average 26.39 7.25
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 45 14*
Balls bowled 1,270 700
Wickets 18 15
Bowling average 44.00 39.06
5 wickets in innings 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/27 5/67
Catches/stumpings 4/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2017

Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando (also known as Charitha Buddika; born 22 August 1980) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Tests and One Day International matches for the national side. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.[1]

Early and domestic career

Charitha is a past student of St. John's College Panadura.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[3]

International career

Buddhika made a good One Day International debut, taking a wicket with his first legal delivery and finishing the match with figures of five wickets for 67 runs,[4] the second-best bowling figures for a Sri Lankan player in their debut match, and the first Sri Lankan to do so in both the ODI format and in international cricket.[5] He subsequently made his debut for the Sri Lankan Test team.

After nine Tests and some inconsistent performances he was dropped.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Austin, Charlie (5 October 2011). "Sri Lanka drop Suresh Perera for Sharjah". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. ↑ St. John's vs Royal Panadura clash will be interesting Archived 2013-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Austin, Charlie (6 November 2001). "Jayasuriya says no cause for alarm". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  5. 1 2 Austin, Charlie. "Profile". Wisden overview. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
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